HEDGE-HO G. 
fon: a mild and helplefs animal •, on approach of 
an enemy, rolls itfelf into the form of a ball, and 
is then invulnerable. 
Le Tendrac, ct Le Tanrec, de Buff on, xii. 43$. 
H. with a long {lender nofe : fhort rounded ears : 
fhort legs : the upper part of the body covered with 
fhort fpines, white, marked crofs the middle with 
ruft color : the face, throat, belly, buttocks and 
legs, thinly covered with whitifh fine but hard hairi- 
tail very fhort, covered with fpines : about the nofe 
feme hairs above two inches long : fize of a mole. 
This is the fpecies M. de Buff on calls Le Lendrac . 
The other, or the Lanrec, is rather larger: co¬ 
vered with fpines only on the top and hind part of 
the head, the top and Tides of the neck, and the 
fhoulders *, the longeft were on the upper part of 
the neck, and flood erect: the reft of the body was 
covered with yellowifh briftles, among which were 
intermixed feme that were black, and much longer 
than the others. Each of thefe animals, which are 
varieties of the fame fpecies, had five toes on each 
foot. 
Inhabit the ifles of India, and that of Madagafcar: 
are, when of their full growth, of the fize of * Rab¬ 
bets : grunt like hogs : grow very fat : multiply 
greatly: frequent -f (hallow pieces of frefli or fait 
* Dutch <voy. EaJ} bidicsy 203. Thofe in the cabinet of the French 
King were much fmaller; probably young, 
f Gauche %>oj, Madagaffar } 53. Flacourt biff. Madagascar , 152. 
243. 
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